Doug Oliver

Resuscitation. And all that Follows Doug Oliver

What would you do if given a second chance? An opportunity not only to start over but fix everything that had gone wrong, to take the roads not traveled. On the worst day of his life, young Grady Moran is given that chance. Skinny, socially-awkward and failing at school, Grady is orphaned in a horrific car accident that leaves him clinically dead. Placed in the foster care of middle-aged couple, he returns to his hometown in central New Jersey. What begins as a struggle to get his life back on track evolves into a quest to experience everything he had been too fearful to try. Set in the late 1960s, Resuscitation. And all the Follows is a sprawling tale of football, muscle cars and the New Jersey Mob. Book 1 chronicles the metamorphosis of Grady into an honors student, acclaimed athlete and finally the romantic interest of Danielle Anders, the lovelorn valedictorian who recognized Grady's potential long before he emerged from the shadows. In Resuscitation Doug Oliver does more than present a coming-of-age story. He explores the universal longing to go back and correct the past. With the benefit of hindsight, what would you do if given a second chance?